The Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is one of the symbols of Paris, it is known as the “Iron Lady” by the French people. It and the Empire State Building in New York, Tokyo television tower known as the West with the three most famous ones.

The Eiffel Tower was designed by French architect Gustave Eiffel. The early years he overpass known experts. Countless masterpieces in his life all over the world, but that he was this world-famous tower of his name. In his own words: the Eiffel Tower, “overwhelmed me, as if my life in the construction of her.” At first, the French government in Paris, although the decision to build a big tower the world’s highest, but the funding is only cost 1 / 5. Eiffel for the realization of his designs, had his construction company and all the property mortgaged to the bank as the engineering investment.

After the completion of the Eiffel Tower in the high 300 meters, until 1930, it has always been the tallest building in the world. Today, the tower on the addition of radio and television antennas, and its total height reached 320 meters. Standing tower, the whole of Paris in the foot. Every day tourists from around the world come here to visit. By 1988, the “Iron Lady” has greeted visitors from five continents, 123 million passengers.

The Eiffel Tower has passed through a hundred years, but after the 20th century, after the overhaul of the early 80s style remains the same, stands firmly in the Seine River. It is the pride of all the French people.

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The youngest world champion of poker

21 year-old American boy in Las Vegas, Carter on the 10th set a new world record, becoming the youngest world champion of poker, but he won the prize is also very tempting, to 8.55 million U.S. dollars.

Carter comes from Michigan the United States, he is in Las Vegas at the World Poker Tour champion, and received a huge bonus. He said: “This gives me a lot of freedom, I would like to absorb, digest this matter properly.”

Carter told reporters that he dropped out of college instead to play poker as a full-time work is a logical decision. “I won a lot of money, and the results have been pretty good game,” he said, “to learn and there is a conflict between the poker game, I must make a decision.” Poker in Las Vegas to participate in the contest until a total of Carter in other poker games have won 50 million dollars. The competition called for 10,000 U.S. dollars entry fee is sponsored by his people, on condition that in exchange for money he had won half the battle.

The Poker Tour began in July of this year, a total of 6494 athletes. Industry experts said that when Carter came close to being eliminated in the game, he completed a “rebound is almost impossible.” In the more than three hours of poker finals, Carter several times almost been eliminated. Finally, he and 41-year-old loggers Moon fight for the championship, but once he was only 1% of the chips. He said: “luck is always helpful, I will have all the luck I can get.”

Previously, the youngest poker champion world record is by the Danish 22-year-old boy Peter, created last year, an earlier record of germud created in 1984, when he was 24 years old.

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